What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Question: What did you want to be when you were growing up?
- Keywords:
  alternative,
  career,
  job
Asked by hollyissocoollike to Arttu, Ceri, James_M, Monica, Philip on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by ellie, danm.
- Arttu Rajantie answered on 16 Jun 2011:
  
  I think I always wanted to be a scientist (or an inventor or something like that) from the time I first understood such a job exists. I did not know which science, though, and I remember that in primary school I drew a picture of myself in a lab coat with some test tubes.

Question: What did you want to be when you were growing up?